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Ronald "Ronnie" E. Holmberg (born January 27, 1938) was a former American tennis player who competed during the 1950s, '60s and '70s. He was ranked World No. 7 in 1960 and was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 for an impressive nine years. He is currently one of the USPTA's select ("Master Professionals" ) and devotes most of his time coaching, participating and directing charity events and clinics and other tennis related projects. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 USPTA Master Professional )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 USPTA World Conference on Tennis )〕 ==Summary== * Won his first tournament at age 12 and won three out of the four possible U.S. National Boys' titles in 1953. * Won the Junior Wimbledon title in 1956. * Graduated from Tulane University where he was a three time All-American. Won the SEC singles twice and doubles championship three times and the NCAA doubles championship twice.〔 * Was a U.S. National Championships (the US Open) Men's Singles semifinalist in 1959, a Quarter-Finalist in 1961 and a French (the French Open) quarterfinalist in 1961. * Was ranked No. 7 in the world in 1960 and ranked in the top 10 of U.S. Men's singles for nine years.〔〔 * Was selected to be a playing member of the U.S. Davis Cup Team four times. * Played in several Blue Gray events when it was an individual competition. Won the singles championship in 1959. Captured back-to-back Blue Gray doubles titles in 1957 and 1958.〔〔 * Won numerous international doubles titles with many prominent players such as Barry MacKay (in Davis Cup), Pancho Gonzalez, John Newcombe, Tony Roche, Bob Mark and Arthur Ashe. Holmberg and Ashe were ranked No. 3 in the U.S. * After retiring from professional competition in 1971, became Head Coach of Tennis and Squash at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. * Continues to be involved in teaching tennis to this day and is widely recognized as one of the game's outstanding coaches. Member of Tennis Magazine’s “Instruction Advisory Board” which consisted of the top playing and teaching pros in the game for its duration of 19 years. * Was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall-of-Fame,〔 the USTA Eastern Tennis Hall-of-Fame, Louisiana Tennis Hall-of-Fame〔 and the USTA Southern Tennis Hall-of-Fame〔 his eighth Hall of Fame * Recipient of the USPTA “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1997 for his all-around accomplishment in both playing and teaching * Received the USTA George Seewagen Award in 1999 for excellence in playing and service to the game 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronald Holmberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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